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020 _a9781138909755
028 _aVedi Books Pvt.Ltd
_b;Unit-3,Rahul Apartments 24/24 Ansari Road Daryaganj,New Delhi-2
_c;INV/289/17-18
_d;19/07/2018
082 _a935.01 FOS
100 _aBenjamin Read Foster
245 _aThe age of Agade
_b: inventing empire in ancient Mesopotamia
_c/Benjamin Read Foster
260 _a New York
_b: Routledge
_c, 2016.
300 _axvii, 438 páges
_c; 24 cm.
505 _a The rise and fall of the Akkadian Empire -- The land and people of Akkad -- Akkadian centers and settlements -- Works and days -- Industries and crafts -- Religion -- Statecraft and the military -- Trade, business, and the economy -- Arts, letters, and numeracy -- Akkadian human values -- The Akkadian period in retrospect -- The Akkadian period in modern historiography.
520 _aThe Age of Agade is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world’s first empire during more than a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws together more than 40 years of research by one of the world’s leading experts in Assyriology to offer an exhaustive survey of the Akkadian empire. Addressing all aspects of the empire, including its statecraft and military, territory and cities, arts, religion, economy, and production, The Age of Agade considers what can be said of Akkadian political and social history, material culture, and daily life. A final chapter also explores how the empire has been presented in modern historiography, from the decipherment of cuneiform to the present, including the extensive research of Soviet historians, summarized here in English for the first time. Drawing on contemporaneous written and artifactual sources, as well as relevant materials from succeeding generations, Foster introduces the reader to the wealth of evidence available. Accessibly written by a specialist in the field, this book is an engaging examination of a critical era in the history of early Mesopotamia.
650 _aHistory
655 _aIrak -- Historia -- Hasta 634.
_bAcadios.
700 _aBenjamin Read Foster
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